Unbearable stench: Giant sewage spill befouls Peru's capital

[Judi Lynn]

Updated 3:55 pm CST, Wednesday, January 16, 2019

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Amid an unbearable stench, thousands of workers, police and soldiers struggled Wednesday to contain and clean up a flood of sewage that has caused the government to declare a health emergency in one of the most populous parts of Peru's capital.

The foul flood was caused by a blockage in a giant pipe that collects 80 percent of the sewage in the San Juan de Lurigancho district. Adding a political element, the pipe was relocated about six years ago by Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction giant that is at the heart of a corruption scandal engulfing elites across Latin America, including Peru.

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Vizcarra said the pipe is buried at a depth of nine meters (30 feet) and it "began to sink," with dirty water flowing into low-lying areas of San Juan de Lurigancho, which has more than 1 million inhabitants.

More than 100 police officers rode horses through the waters while dozens of giant suction machines pulled up sewage.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Unbearable-stench-Giant-sewage-spill-befouls-13539252.php

[rusty quoin]

1. What a nightmare.

[Kali]

2. headline made me wonder if the dipshit went for a visit